Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-23
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eisso Of Capsain WIiliam r. sayward
Of kockiand, Maine. Captain sayuars
vas > pioonosE and oae Of TIE had
marks IN The history Of he Pasia,
Coast OF tall psssrfal frame. ersal
streneth and eaaursnes, his bright ulnl
and exeellens iadgmsnt added ell a.
Necessary qualities fer & pioneer and
sacoessfnl b1siness man such e. Gas.
tain eaywaEd VS.. o. his history b.
Tore coming 70 this coast but iislIe 1
Known beyond thai b followed his trads
OF eaFpenter In Maine, and THAI Ii
VIE and child died there before be
eame 10 California,
A. tlD breaking cut Of the MsxIosu
was under Presidents Polk' sdmfnistrN-
ton he made application 10 the War
Depafsmeut Ton . commission &c lice
tenant. and vas offered that Of oaptain,
Wnich be refused 10 accept. he took
no part IN the var, bat after ifs eloes
made bis vay 70 San Francisco 10 1Sf9.
| He vent into the neFtharn mines In
california, where be remained bat q
mort time, vhsn be returned 10 San
ffancisao and vas actively engaged In
snipping supplies 20 the miners. He
also opensd brokers' once on Mont
RemeEy street., where Merchant street
nov is, and bought the gold dust Of
those who came down from the mines.
There were many Engiiehmen return
Ing 70 their homes In England at that
time, Who did not feel Il safe 70 take
their dust with them. each 0aa their
confidence n Captain HaywaEd THAI
they. aooepted bis drafts on Barring
Brothers, London. although he had no
account OF correspondence with them
vhateyer. These drafts veFe given 20
the amount Of thousands Of dollars,
and Captain Sayw2Fd always had the
dust there ready - meet them on their
presentation.
From thai city be eams 10 Pueet
Sound, where In 1858, in company with
MT. Hatfield, brother Of the late Gap
tain Hatfield, Of the ship BARiRR
Brothers, whose family resides ia this
city, he built the Port Ludlow sawmiIl,
one Of the finest lumber manufactures
ever built on Puget Sound. He vas
very successful In the management Of
The mill, and had number Of vessels
engaged In tFansp Jrtinz lumber from
the Sound 10 San Francisco, among
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Parker. His partner hec me tired Of
the ssvniII bssiness and went 10 the
CaKlboo mines, and Captain SayWard
being largely interested tn lands In
hapa valley, California, leased bis mill
10 the late lamented Arthur Phinney.
who ran IL undeR his lease gill 1874,
when be hought the property, and held
ID stll his death In 1877. In speaking Of
the career of Captain Eayward. who
during his time was one Of the fore
most and most entsFprising men on
Puget sound, the San Francisco BSaR.
User, 10 q resent issue saidl
The Acquilla, which had on board q
monitor In sections, seat BY the Govern
mSns for the protection OF thia city
during the war. sank where the Third
street wharf nov is, with the monitor
and all machinery on board. After tt
had been raised the vessel vas pur-
chased By Captain SayVard, who re-
fitted her and sent her Ia charge OF his
brother, Capt. j. W. Sayward, nov in
the SOathern part of the State, to Ma
naimo for load Of coal. she made q
NEST Successful trip, bringing down
1900 tons.
In a voyage from Liverpool to New
York she sunk In mid ocean.
Captain SsyWard 81 one time owned
considerable property on Stock ton
street at Broadway, aad also three
fouFth's interest In she Shamlin ranch,
which IL nov covered by portion Of
Golden Gate Park. Sixty Thousand dol
lars was the amoHnt received Tor the
ranch.
In 1874 the Captain was visiting River
side Tor bis health. Riverside Colony
had It's origin properly in Q little
colony which settled there In 1870, IN
der the leadership OF Judge j. W. North.
Captain Sayward was so much i'm
pressed with the opportunities Of the
place by irrigation that be purchased
the HaFtahoFn tract, consisting Of TO-
600 acres, south OF and adjoining the
lands Of the Southern California Colony
Association, and In connection with B.
q. Evans, Of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 10
whom he sold 9 half interest, COM
menoed work In digging canals for IT.
riRatine the tract.
Al the same time the San Jacinto Tin
COMPANY, a San Francisco orRaniEa-
ton, Who were owners of q large body
Of land adjoining tae HaEtshoFn tract,
were making preparations to irriRate
their lands.
Captain SaywAfd combined these
forces. himself, Mr.. Evans and the Tin
Company, and purchased from tue
Hon. q. NJ. FELTON, the control OF the
Southern California Colony, organising
lhe Riverside Land and IrriRatinR Com
pany.
Captain sayuaFd was elected its frst
President, a position which he held IN
til 1876. Daring his term OF Office be
constructed over twenty-five miles OF
main canals and about nfty miles Of IT,
riRaliue bitches, thus laying the FONDA
ton for the subsequent great prosperity
OF that colony, IL not OF ell Southern
California. He has lately disposed OF
his interest IN the Riverside Colony 10
General J. F. Houghton, Of this city,
and since has not engaged actively IN
any large undertaking. ThouRh meet
ina With reverses az times during his
long and active life, be xas USUALLY sue
ceasfnl In overcoming them. But at the
time OF his death. owing doubtless 10
his long continued illness. his Affairs
we're said 20 be In = badly mixed eoAdi-
tioD. The ARRIVAL OF bis orsiheR is
looked for from the southern part Of the
state, when doubtless bic business in